Speaker to Discuss Archaeological Evidence of the Trojan War on Dec. 2

Brian Rose, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, will speak at The College
of Wooster

WOOSTER, Ohio, — Brian Rose, a professor in the Department of Classics at The University
of Pennsylvania, will present “Was there a Trojan War? Assessing the Evidence from
the Most Recent Excavations at Troy” on Monday, Dec. 2, at The College of Wooster.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Lean Lecture
Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.). A reception will follow the presentation.

New excavations by archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati and the University
of Tübingen, Germany, began at Troy in 1988 with the intent of examining all phases
of habitation, from the Bronze Age through the Byzantine period. Rose will present
the results of the Bronze Age, Greek, and Roman excavations at the site during the
past 25 years. Thus far, the excavation has clarified the nature of habitation at
the site during the late Bronze Age (15-12th centuries B.C.), as well as the rise
in the city's fortunes during the reign of Augustus and his Julio-Claudian successors.

Rose, who also is the James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology and curator-in-charge
of the Mediterranean Section of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
at The University of Pennsylvania, is a Trustee of the American Academy in Rome and
immediate past president of the Archaeological Institute of America. He teaches courses
in Mediterranean archaeology, Roman art and archaeology, and the archeology of Anatolia.
He earned his undergraduate degree in classical and near Eastern archaeology at Haverford
College, and his master’s and Ph.D. in art history and archaeology at Columbia University.

Rose’s lecture is sponsored by the Archaeology Student Colloquium, the Program in
Archaeology, the Local Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, the Cultural
Events Committee, and the local chapter of Lambda Alpha National Honorary Society
in Anthropology.

Additional information is available by phone (330-263-2474) or e-mail.